A well visited location just off the Troodos road, with a few other little surprises.
When the Kouris dam was built in 1988 the entire village of Alassa was destined to disappear below the water. The government moved everyone into a nice new village that you will see up on the hill behind you. Even the church was submerged. But usually a part of it can be seen peeking eerily above the water. In fact in summer and years of severe drought the church is easily accessible, although each winter it deteriorates a little more. There are two ancient sites in the Alassa area and it is theorised that Alassa was in fact ancient Alashiya, a state in bronze age times.
You will see there is now a modern ‘dinky’ church above the old one. As you look around you will notice 13 cypress trees with name plates. These were planted as a memorial to the 13 people killed in the now legendary explosion at Evangelos Florakis Naval Base in 2011 which wiped out the island’s power station.
Thee big stone plaque reads:
THE MEMORIAL TREES
In memory of the 13 victims of the fatal explosion at Mari on 11/7/2011
· Cpt Andreas Ioannides, Commander of the Navy (Nat.Guard General Staff)
· Commander Lambros Lambrou, Commander of the Naval Base
· Warrant Officer Kleanthis Kleanthous, Non Commissioned Officer, Naval
· Petty Officer Michalis Irakleous, Non Commissioned Officer, Naval
· Sailor Miltiades Christoforou, Nat.Guard, Naval base Admin
· Sailor Christakis Christoforou, Nat.Guard, Naval base Admin
· Soldier Antonis Charalambous, Nat. Guard
· Fire Department: Sgt 3591 Andreas Papadopoulos
· Fireman 74 Vassilis Krokos
· Fireman 2446 Spyros Ttantis
· Fireman 3520 Panayiotis Theofilou
· Fireman 4829 Adamos Adamou
· Chief fireman 3311 Georgos Yiakoumi
No hints. This one...although actually outside of the church grounds is better gotten from inside. It is on a corner....in plain view...wired to the outside of the fence.
Please be respectful with your search of this cache. The trees here are memorials.